“Everybody is leaving. We feel scared. We will leave too.” She has been sweeping and cleaning our house in Gurgaon every day for the last three years. These were her words at the end of last month.

Bangla is what we native Bangalees call the language. And so that is what it should be known as. Just like Hindi, Urdu, or Tamil. So why not use the word Bangla globally, instead of "Bengali?" After ...

Bengali meals traditionally begin with a bitter dish to stimulate digestion and palate. Ayurveda values bitterness for balancing doshas and aiding liver detoxification. Popular bitter dishes include ...